The Department of State's Visa Bulletin for October 2024 notes that no employment-based fourth preference certain religious workers (SR) visas may be issued overseas, or final action taken on adjustment of status cases, after midnight September 29, 2024. Visas issued...
Topic: Immigration Articles
DOJ Secures Antidiscrimination Settlement Agreement With Parking Management Company
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on September 12, 2024, that it secured a settlement agreement with SP Plus Corporation (SP Plus), a transportation and parking management company based in Chicago. The agreement resolves the DOJ's determination that SP Plus...
Annual Limit Reached in EB-2 Green Card Category
On September 9, 2024, the Department of State (DOS) announced the issuance of all available visas in the employment-based second preference (EB-2) visa category for fiscal year (FY) 2024. The annual limit for EB-2 visas is 28.6 percent of the worldwide employment...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Advocates for High-Skilled Immigration Reform in Recent Op-Ed
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr recently coauthored an op-ed entitled “Building Startups, Not Walls: High-Skilled Immigration Policy Changes in the US” in The Well News, highlighting the International Entrepreneur Parole program.
DOS Announces Creation of a Lightering Visa Classification
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has announced that starting September 5, 2024, the Department will begin implementing two new visa classifications for noncitizens seeking to transit the United States to join a vessel engaged in foreign trade and undertaking...
District Court Extends Stay on Keeping Families Together PIP Applications
On September 4, 2024, a Texas District Court issued an order extending the administrative stay preventing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) from approving any Keeping Families Together parole-in-place (PIP) applications for an additional 14 days,...
Annual Limit Reached in Several Employment-Based Green Card Categories
On August 27, 2024, the Department of State (DOS) announced the issuance of all available visas in the employment-based first preference (EB-1) and fourth preference (EB-4) immigrant visa preference categories for fiscal year (FY) 2024. On August 16, 2024, DOS...
Biden Administration to Resume Program for Migrants From Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela; Fraud Investigations Continue
According to news reports, the Biden administration plans to resume a program that allows would-be migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to apply from their home countries for entry into the United States. The 18-month-old program was paused due to fraud...
Texas District Court Temporarily Stops “Keeping Families Together” Parole-in-Place Program, But Applications Continue
A Texas District Court has temporarily stopped the Biden administration's "Keeping Families Together" parole-in-place program. The program, which started August 19, 2024, allows noncitizen spouses and noncitizen stepchildren of U.S. citizens, if otherwise eligible, to...
DHS Announces New Work Authorization Category for T Nonimmigrants
Effective August 28, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has established a new C40 category "for individuals with a pending Form I-914, Application for T Nonimmigrant Status, whose application is determined to be bona fide and meets the prima facie...
